X-Stream Operator’s Manual 
WM-OM-E Rev I  361 
Setting Up Disk Triggers 
Read Gate 
Read Gate triggers on a pulse of a specified minimum width on the Read Gate source. To set it up, 
proceed as follows: 
1.  Press the DDA's front panel Drive Analysis button 
. The disk drive dialogs 
appear. 
2. Touch the Disk Triggers tab. 
3.  In the "Disk Trigger Types" menu 
, touch Read Gate. The 
Read Gate data entry fields appear. See Read Gate in "Channel Analysis Concepts" then 
touch Back 
 to complete this setup 
4.  Touch inside the Minimum Width data entry field and enter a value from 100 ns to 100 µs. 
5.  Touch inside the Read Gate Source field and select an input channel or external source 
from the pop-up menu. 
6.  Touch inside the Read Gate Polarity field and select positive or negative polarity from the 
pop-up menu. 
7.  Touch inside the Read Gate Level field and enter a value, using the pop-up numeric 
keypad. 
Sector Pulse 
Sector Pulse triggers on the specified (n
th
) sector start pulse after the Index mark. To set it up, 
proceed as follows: 
1.  Press the DDA's front panel Drive Analysis button 
. The disk drive dialogs 
appear. 
2. Touch the Disk Triggers tab. 
3.  In the "Disk Trigger Types" menu, touch Sector Pulse. The Sector Pulse data entry fields 
appear. See Sector Pulse in "Setting Up to Use Drive Channel Analysis then touch Back